Masterclasses Day on 5th May was one of our most successful to date. 78 students from 20 ballet schools attended and we were delighted to welcome students from Port Pirie and Tanunda. Brett Simon, Dale Pope, Valentina Pavlova, Chylie Cooper and Cheryl Bradley delivered diverse sessions, the quality of which provided amazing learning opportunities and experience for our eager students; feedback from the day has been extremely positive. We are very grateful to our sponsor Smart

FABSA 2019 Silver sponsor of SASDS Eisteddfod

Congratulations Amy Gallery (Norwood Ballet Centre) & Alisa Pukkinen (Vivienne Winter School of Ballet) for being chosen from our Senior Masterclass group as the 2019 FABSA Youth Ambassadors. Attending special FABSA events and meeting dancers from The Australian Ballet during the Adelaide season of The Nutcracker are only some of the special surprises that await you. #youthambassadors #FABSA #dance #NorwoodBalletCentre #VivienneWinterStudio

FABSA members, committee and Friends enjoyed a beautiful afternoon on Sunday 22 July 2018 at the Adelaide College of the Arts with guest speaker Lisa Pavane, Director of The Australian Ballet School. Lisa had attended The Australian Ballet School Masterclasses earlier in the day which provide her with the opportunity to view in a class setting, dancers who may aspire to join the school in Melbourne. Lisa shared some of her incredibly interesting journey with us including the

From the proceeds of events and membership fees, FABSA was delighted to again show our financial support of The Australian Ballet company during the recent Adelaide season. As a Principal Patron, FABSA helps to ensure the continuing high standard of all facets of artistic productions and the ability of The Australian Ballet to regularly perform in city, regional and international venues. Pictured above is FABSA President Mrs Lorraine Irving, presenting a cheque for $20,000 to

After a seemingly interminable wait, David McAllister's highly anticipated remastering of 'The Sleeping Beauty'' opened at the Festival Centre on Friday night. The sublime Robyn Hendricks (who could forget her dancing the Spartacus adagio last year) made her debut as Aurora, and accompanied by sparkling fairies, incredible sets & costumes, a soaring Ty King-Wall as the Prince and the consummate Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, a thoroughly magical night ensued. His Excellency and

During the Adelaide season Alison Kidd, The Australian Ballet’s resident Wigmaker, gave a fascinating insight into the 90+ wigs she hand made for The Sleeping Beauty. Alison is the full-time wigmaker of the company and must be one of the most patient people in the world. Some wigs, like the Queen’s, were handmade, while others were adapted from base wigs and had a handmade front added. Many of the wigs are made of Yak hair with materials also sourced from Germany and east Eur

Front: FABSA 2018 Youth Ambassadors Raven Loan & Charly HopkinsBack: Madeleine Eastoe, Anthony Bridgman, Monika Hatcher & Kylie Goel